.gr

.gr

Introduced	1989
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	FORTH-ICS
Sponsor	FORTH
Intended use	Entities connected with Greece
Actual use	Very popular in Greece
Registration restrictions	second-level domains and .com.gr domain names may be registered without restrictions; some restrictions apply on some of the specific subdomains
Structure	Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at the third level beneath various second-level subdomains
Documents	Rules & regulations (el)
Website	GR-Hostmaster
DNSSEC	yes

.gr is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Greece. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars and domain names in Greek characters may also be registered.

Second level domains

There are eight official second level domains:

• com.gr: for those engaging in commercial activities.
• edu.gr: for educational institutions.
• net.gr: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and network providers.
• org.gr: non-profit organizations.
• gov.gr: exclusively for governmental organizations.
• mil.gr: exclusively for military purposes.
• mod.gr: Ministry of Defence
• sch.gr: local education authorities, schools, primary and secondary education, community education.

There are some other not official second level domains that belong to registrars offering third level domain name registrations.

• co.gr: for commercial use (extremely rare use).

Alternative top domain

Greece has applied for the top domain .ελ, for usage with web addresses in the Greek alphabet. This was in April 2011 turned down by ICANN because it was too visually similar to .EA in latin letters, since ICANN worries that people who can't read Greek could be fooled into copy sites with visually similar domain names . Any latin two-letter combination is or might be used for ISO 3166-1 codes. Therefore two-letter codes visually similar to latin letters are not allowed, but three-letter codes such as .укр for Ukraine are allowed. As of 2012, the .ea top-level domain is not allocated.

External links

• IANA .gr whois information
• .gr registry website
• Whois .gr domain name.
• co.gr registration policies